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06-06-2010, 11:49 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Reading up on the History of Honda ATV's
Interesting bit on the model I'm trying to restore.
1988 FourTrax 300
On the eve of the '90s, Honda introduced the 1988 FourTrax 300 and FourTrax 300 4x4, the revolutionary pair of hard working Hondas that would ultimately become the most versatile, most popular ATVs in history. Combining an ideal balance of size, weight, power and capacity, the 300s sold more than 530,000 units over the ensuing 12 years. Powered by an 282cc air-cooled, four-stroke single-cylinder engine, the FourTrax 300 sent its 20 horsepower through a five-speed transmission, automatic clutch and maintenance-free shaft drive. An ultra-low first gear helped it tow up to 850 pounds. Tough steel racks let it carry up to 66 pounds in front and 132 pounds in the rear. And if the hardest working ATV in America ended up packing tackle to your favorite bass fishing spot on Saturday morning, nobody else had to know.
From copper mines to banana plantations, golf courses to pig farms, forest reclamation projects to shopping center maintenance, nothing on wheels had ever been as versatile, reliable, efficient and affordable, on the job or on the weekend, as the ATV.
1989 FourTrax 300 4x4
Industry observers estimate that 85 percent of ATV use in the '90s revolved around some sort of enterprise. Mr. Takeuchi's idea had grown up, gone to work and done a good job. When asked what products had the greatest impact on their farming operations since 1967, the readers of Farm Industry News ranked the Honda ATV right up there with Dekalb Biotype E Sorghum, A3127 Hybrid Soybeans and the Miller Electric Mig Welder as a landmark product of the last 25 years. That's high praise from one of the most brutally sensible groups of people on the planet.
In America, having an ATV on the job makes a host of jobs more efficient. In countries without our infrastructure, manpower and financial resources, ATV's reliability and efficiency handle jobs that simply couldn't be done before. Folks on other parts of the planet were discovering what America had discovered a decade before, and began putting ATVs to work, performing all manner of work that was either impossible, impractical or both. Whereas Honda ATVs were largely a domestic phenomenon before 1990, they're currently working in more than 35 different countries worldwide.
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06-08-2010, 10:43 PM
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#2552
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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Wishing I had cookies and hoping my strong cocktail won't be a regret come wake-up time. At least school's done for now.
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06-08-2010, 10:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bliss
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I was reading a book and now I'm typing a post to the message boards.
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06-10-2010, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: In the broken temple bells, in the ringing...
Posts: 5,979
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Contemplating bringing forth into this world... a pet rock. Someone on the fish forum started a thread on pet rocks and god-dammnit it's childish but I want one!!! I can get googly eyes by the bucketfull from work, and give him hair and wings and stuff.. I can make my brother a rastafarian rock with dreads and a little spliff!!!
I think I need help... 
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06-10-2010, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
Posts: 2,015
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I'm listening to audio books of Sherlock Holmes.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
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06-11-2010, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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Honeythorn, I think the pet rocks would be a splendid idea! Make a whole family of them! Give them to all the Dads you know! (if you celebrate Father's Day in the UK?)
I wish I had more exciting news to share but I'm just sitting here in my favorite little black cotton dress with my cell phone in the crazy cleavage 'cuz there's no pockets. Drinking my iced coffee + trying to decide what to do with my hair + makeup. Will be meeting up with a girl friend later today for coffee + a photo walk + she always has the best outfits + makeup + there's a little voice in my head saying mean things to me about that
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06-12-2010, 01:41 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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Just got done watching a broadcast of the opening game of the World Cup Soccer Tournament featuring Mexico versus host nation South Africa (it may have been a rebroadcast, I'm not sure.) How exciting!
It was thrilling to see the South Africans score the first goal of the tournament midway through the game ... what an electric moment for the hosting country and the largely partisan crowd, for a team that was only welcomed back into World Cup play a short 16 years ago. The game ended up tied at 1 all, but it was a fun game to watch and a fine warm up for the United States versus England match tomorrow afternoon.
And, what is up with those high pitched horns the South Africans were constantly honking on? The sound of a whole stadium playing those things made it seem like a swarm of hundreds of 10 foot mosquitoes were hovering over the place for the whole match!
Anyway, what fun!
Also, lots of promotion of the movie The Last Airbender, including ESPN's Airbending Play of the Day (cute). It got me very interested in seeing that movie!
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06-12-2010, 01:45 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LaBelleDameSansMerci
I'm listening to audio books of Sherlock Holmes.
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That IS awesome!
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-12-2010, 02:11 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Wall...
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Sitting up at 5:00 AM posting on Gnet. I'm on a laptop, without good speakers with which to listen to music, and all I can say I did today was screw. That, and play FFIV Advance. Man, I didn't even eat dinner.... unless you count Mountain Dew, cherry sours, and a Snickers.
AND I JUST REALIZED I forgot to tell John about that reference to The Principia Discordia on Jay Leno....
"...I don't know man, I didn't do it!"
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06-12-2010, 10:00 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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Getting ready for USA versus England in about half an hour.
Go USA!!!
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-12-2010, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
Posts: 6,738
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Watching Team USA score ...
GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-12-2010, 04:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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My roommate is catching up on Glee, and I do like the show, but got its so awkward when Shu sings funk so I have to go do something else.
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06-12-2010, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Dirty South
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Patching an MMO, and reading up on Powershell scripting. It's fucking hot outside.
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Kill your idol. Come on, jump into the void!
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06-12-2010, 04:42 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 28
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cooking a light keilbasa and cabbage soup
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06-12-2010, 07:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
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Taking a break from working on a large Conte drawing of a mini rose, and catching up on World Cup stuff, and about to see if I can find a video clip of a Buzkashi game.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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06-12-2010, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 222
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'Making some splendid modifications to an old, mechanical rat snap-trap. I'm afraid you won't get away this time, little devil... mwa, ha, ha, ha, ha...
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06-12-2010, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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Watching the comedy central special Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black and wondering if I should drink beer tonight or start looking at the booze and mixers.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-12-2010, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: elsewhere
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Lewis Black is awesome. My friend (the lucky bum) got to see him live, front row, just off centre, which is apparently the best spot, since he spits a lot as he talks on the people sitting dead centre.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little bat
How I wonder where you're at.
Up above the world you fly
Like a tea-tray in the sky.
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06-12-2010, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bliss
Posts: 4,374
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Logged into http://expressiveinvective.spruz.com/ to chat, though probably just watch tv like usual.
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06-17-2010, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 76
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Waiting for my hairdye to dry
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06-18-2010, 12:11 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Get a CT scan and find out
Posts: 373
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Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
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06-18-2010, 12:41 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 80
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Pounding down cold beers and laughing at the utter stupidity of my cowokers as they argue, and very seriously I might add, over who just farted and killed the mood.
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06-18-2010, 12:43 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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.....Okay, now a large fist fight has just broken out. Some poor sod is getting his ass kicked because of his inability to control his ass.
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06-18-2010, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
Posts: 6,738
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Trying to shake off the effects of Team USA getting robbed of the winning goal by a bad referee call in their World Cup match.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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06-18-2010, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Waiting for my phone to charge so I can head over to the grocery store and get foodz and booze.
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